Misti Yang

Biographic Data

ID6881672
NAMEMisti Yang
GIVEN NAMESMisti
FAMILY NAMEYang
SIGNATUREYANG M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Maryland, College Park
ORCID0000-0003-0653-1470
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS6
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • Weizenbaum's Performance and Theory Modes

    Open AccessMisti Yang, Matthew SalzanoARTICLEAoIR Selected Papers of Internet…2023

    In 1976, Joseph Weizenbaum argued that, because “[t]he achievements of the artificial intelligentsia [were] mainly triumphs of technique,” AI had not “contributed” to theory or “practical problem solving.” Weizenbaum highlighted the celebration of performance without deeper understanding, and in response, he articulated a theory mode for AI that could cultivate human responsibility and judgment. We suggest that, given access to Large Language Mod…

  • Gamestop Investors as an Eng(r)aged Digital Public

    Misti Yang, Christopher Lee AdamczykARTICLEJavnost - The Public2023

    The trading app Robinhood proclaims to be “on a mission to democratise finance for all,” but, during the GameStop Revolution of January 2021, Robinhood prohibited its users from selling GME. For a vocal group of users, this restricted access revealed that Robinhood’s democratising mission was a farce, and they took to Reddit to critique the company’s actions. Subsequent regulatory hearings were held, including a series by the U.S. House Committee…

  • The Promises, Problems, and Possibilities for Alt-Networks

    Open AccessCasey Boyle, Robert W Gehl et al.ARTICLEAoIR Selected Papers of Internet…2021

    The Promises, Problems, and Possibilities for Alt-Networks Introduction Social media has become a central facet of contemporary life and that centralization has narrowed our perspectives and lessened our possibilities (Pariser, 2011; Vaidhyanathan, 2018). This centralizing of social media networks happens for their individual users, but also at the level of how social media informs our discourses through journalistic practice, government institut…

  • Phantastic, Impressive Rhetoric

    Misti YangARTICLEPhilosophy and Rhetoric2021

    This article develops a theory of rhetorical impression through a critical genealogy of the term phantasia. The genealogy demonstrates cause for understanding phantasia as impression, not image. I trace phantasia as impression through the work of Plato and Aristotle but ultimately argue that the stoics offer the most productive leads for thinking through impressions, materiality, and sensations together. Specifically, I demonstrate how the stoics…

  • Painful conversations

    Open AccessMisti YangARTICLECommunication and the Public2020References: 4

    Today, conversations automated by algorithms and delivered via screens seek to heal wounds such as substance use disorders, wartime traumas, and a global pandemic. This article explores the relationship between painful conversations, automated discourse, and public action. By articulating what is lost when therapeutic conversations are had with artificial intelligence, I illustrate that painful, human conversations expand capacities—contextualizi…

  • Five theses on technoliberalism and the networked public sphere

    Open AccessDamien Smith Pfister, Misti YangARTICLECommunication and the Public2018Cited by: 6References: 4

    How have digital technologies affected the market logics and economization that constitute the underlying governing rationality of neoliberalism? This essay unfurls five theses that further develop the concept of technoliberalism, the intensification of neoliberalism through computational technology, in the context of the networked public sphere: (1) technoliberalism names the dominant governing rationality in cultures where digital computation t…